Burns Night

wyebird

Not Scottish, nearly in Wales. Every other year we have a village Burns Night organised by a Scottish lady in our village. As this is not the "other year" I have, in a moment of madness, invited 8 adults and 5 kids to come to ours. Any alternative to Haggis suggestions please for those who won't try?
Thanks

csarina

Sausages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scotnan

Big pot of mince and tatties and you can make it the night before (always taste better that way anyway) and just heat it up on the night and that way you don't need to be making lots of different things on the night

thriftlady_2

I'm doing a haggis tomorrow (not Scottish but any excuse for a feast:D ) and I've told my kids that haggis is a kind of sausage They love sausages so I think they'll all try.

MacSween's, the famous haggis maker do make a vegetarian haggis which I believe is quite popular. I see it contains peanuts so not suitable for my Dd -glad I didn't buy one!

weegie.geek

Heroin and a deep fried mars bar?

Stephen_Leak

See this thread on Scottish style mince & tatties.

nopot2pin

thriftlady wrote: »

I'm doing a haggis tomorrow (not Scottish but any excuse for a feast:D ) and I've told my kids that haggis is a kind of sausage They love sausages so I think they'll all try.

MacSween's, the famous haggis maker do make a vegetarian haggis which I believe is quite popular. I see it contains peanuts so not suitable for my Dd -glad I didn't buy one!

MacSweens is the best veggie haggis IMHO

HariboJunkie

nopot2pin wrote: »

MacSweens is the best veggie haggis IMHO

I'll second that and I'm not even veggie.

This website has plenty of Scottish recipes that would serve as an alternative to Haggis.

purpleivy

I think there's a veggie haggis on a website...might be the vegetarian society...seen it recently... or maybe the quorn site.

http://www.vegsoc.org/news/2002/burns02.html this isn't the one I was thinking of, so will take another look

http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/recipe.cfm?recipe=10 here's another

Penelope_Penguin

Just been sent this in an e-mail from BBC Good Food.

Penny. x



It's Burns' Night on Friday - the perfect excuse to stock up on whisky, get a slow Highland beef stew simmering and indulge any guilty Baked haggis cravings. Soak it up with a generous dollop of Neeps & tatties or a good Skirlie mash and follow with Drambuie-laced Raspberry trifle for a hearty feast fit for a Scottish king.

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Skint_Catt

Can't wait until tomorrow night! Going round to OH's dads for Haggis, Neeps & Tatties again.

Except last year we all got very very drunk (started on a 20year old apricot liquour) and OH's dad tried to get downstairs (upside down house) and fell knocking himself out. As the house is remote I waited 40 mins in a jumper with no shoes on the road for the ambulance then OH had to get a taxi home from the hospital as they kept his Dad in - £40! :eek:

I've already told him this year he is NOT going downstairs (he lives on the top floor and its just his study thats downstairs!) :rotfl:

Catt xx